Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,695, David Evins, Va.

SERVICE
Evins, David
NUMBER
S. 32.695
CONTENTS

22.263
Indiana:
David Evans of Pike Co in the State of Ind iana who was a private in the Co mpany by Captain Campbell of the reg t by Col Logan in the N o line for 8 mos 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 27 Dollars 54 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and Joseph R Wright
Arrears to the 1th of Sept 68.83 Pensant. allowance ending 4 Mar 13.77
$826
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 110
Letter to Wm Hendricks 83 and 4 th June 1839
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to the 11. Aug st 1838 the day of his death age Notified 26. July 1839.

State of Indiana
North county ss
on this 12 th day of February in the year 1833, personally appeared in open court before Joseph Potts, Probate Judge in and for the county of Posey aforesaid the same being a Court of Record now sitting David Grise a resident of Florida Township county of Posey aforesaid aged sixty nine years eight months and eighteen days, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to attain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated "to wit" That sometime in the month of October or November in the year 1780 at the Farm of Lexington in the county of Rockbridge state of Virginia he volunteered as a Soldier under the command of Charles Campbell. Lieutenant William Tinkeson. Ensign Samuel McCampbell, and David Gray acted as Major. He had no Col. for there was two other companies that volunteered at the same time. the captain's name of one was James Hall, and the other was David Gray. He with his said company started from the said Farm of Lexington aforesaid to go to meet the British at a place called Portsmouth in Virginia. from Lexington they went thence to a Farm called Alleghany and from there to Richmond. and from there to Petersburg and from there to either Cabin Point or Smithfield passing through both places. and from there on a direct route to Portsmouth. and when within seven or eight miles of Portsmouth he understands that the British had left there. and sailed around to York and there he joined an army of about sixteen thousand men under the command of General Burkelenburgh , and was there marched back to Petersburg. he stayed there until he was discharged. Having served in said tour in all about sixty days. And he further says in that in the fall of 1781. his Father moved to the state of Ky in the county of Lincoln where and where in May 1782 Col. Benjamin Logan. the Col. of the county offered to all men who would act as spies against the Indians. should be exempt from militia duty.

and that he and John Jones and Daniel McCormick accepted the offer and in May 1782. started from the least house in said county and went to a place called the Mole lick. and went the route to what was called Spickerny Fort. and Carpenter's Fort, the Forts were about three or four miles apart. Mole lick was about twenty miles from Carpenter's and Spickerny's Forts. we continued in said service as a spy. until we heard that Bryant's Station was attacked, and when we got news from or six miles from of Bryant's station. we met the men retreating, and from the Blue Licks. where they had been  defeated by the Indians. after the whites had drove them from Bryant's Station. then we come back to Bryant's Station until we could gather together enough men to go and bury the Dead Dead. we went with about four hundred and twenty men and buried the Dead. then we returned home. and went to spying again. in different sections of the country, whenever the exigencies of the times required. having been in all in the said spy spying about five months. and then in the month of November 1782. he went under Genl. Clarke who had regular soldiers soldiers under him at Louisville Ky (or it was called Virginia then) he went with Col. Logan to Cincinnati = where they met Genl. Clarke. we went from there to what was called New Philicathe Town. from there, after defeating defeating the Indians and driving them from Towns. and burnt their Towns we returned back home. through Cincinnati Town having been in all at least forty days. He has no documentary evidence of his services. as the further discharged he received are none all lost. and he further believes he can prove the two last terms of duty mentioned of above. And he made the following statements to the questions proposed to him by the the court to wit: That he was born on the 23 rd day of May 1763 at Augusta county in the state of Virginia. There is a Record of his age in the county of Jessamine state of Ky. Kept by his sister in his Father's old Family Bible. He was living in said city of Rockbridge state of Virginia when called into service. He has lived since the Revolutionary war in the state of Ky and in Indiana where he now resides. He cannot state the names of any other of the officers or any other circumstances of his services. then he was alone stood, a great many of facts having been long since obliterated from his memory

He states that the names of the persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood are John Damney & Leba H. Case and who can testify as to his character for truth & veracity, and that he is  he is as a soldier of the Revolution, fully relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension for services at the present, and declared that his name is not on the roll of the Agency of any state that he knows of.
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first aforesaid
Wallace Rea, Clerk.
We John Damney & Leba H. Case residing in the neighborhood of the said Daniel Ennis , and in the Township of Florida County of North aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Daniel Ennis , who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be of the age of about seventy years, that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Leba H. Case John Damney Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wallace Rea, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare his opinion: after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, and after investigating of the matter; that the above named applicant Daniel Ennis , was a revolutionary soldier and said as he stated. And the Court further certify that it appears to him that the said John Damney & Leba H. Case who has signed the preceding certificate reside in the neighborhood of said Daniel Ennis , and in the Township of Florida aforesaid, and that they are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Signed the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Dotty P.C.
I Wallace Rea Clerk of the North Probate Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the said

William Evans for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the office of said Clerk on the 14 th day of May of February 1833
William Ross Clerk

David Evans Application for Pension
David Evans 2300

No 23061- David Evans Indiana
From 1780 private 8 months 28 days! $ 27.54 100
2754 2754 1377 68.85-
Joseph A. Wright Piqua Miami County Indiana

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 10 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of David Evans Parke County, Ind.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 Nov 1st about 6 Priv Capt Blank Genl Muhlenberg None But Skirmish with Indians No Aged 64 years & 8 months 4180 ag Traditionary   1781 May about 5 Spc. Col Logan Pa. & Ohio Co.   1782 Nov 40 Pri Genl Clark Col. Logan Kent. W. Ohio Verg.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about here or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Oyer Castor Exam 6615

June 29, 1936
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SA-J/EL David Evins-S.32895
Sylvia M. Rohm 504 Howard Avenue Rockville, Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of John Judd, pensioned in 1818 and David Evins, pensioned in 1831, who are both buried in Parke County, Indiana.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of that war. The record of David Evins is furnished you herein, as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.32895, based upon the military service of that soldier in the Revolutionary War.
David Evins was born May 23, 1765, in Augusta County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
David Evins volunteered in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in October or November, 1780, served in Captain Charles Campbell's Virginia Company, marched to Yorktown and Petersburg and served two months in the fall of 1781. His father moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, soldier accompanied him, and in May, 1782, volunteered upon the call of Colonel Benjamin Logan, colonel of said Lincoln County, to go out as an Indian spy; during this tour of service, he learned of the attack on Bryant's Station, started for that place, but before reaching there, met the soldiers returning from the battle of Blue Licks, where they had been defeated; he assisted them in burying the dead and returned to his home having served five months; he volunteered in November, 1782, and marched to Cincinnati under Colonel Logan, here they met General Clark and marched to Chillicothe, where they burned the town and dispersed the Indians; length of this service, about forty days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 12, 1833, while a resident of Florida Township, Parke County, Indiana.

David Evans died August 11, 1833, leaving a widow, whose name is not given. No reference was made to children.
In 1832, soldier referred to his sister as living in Jessamine County, Kentucky, but did not give her name.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rockville Indiana
March 4-1936.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary Service Record of John Judd - pensioned 1815 and David Evans - " 1831
These men are buried in Parke County Indiana and were Parke County pensioners.
Very truly
Sylvia M. Rohde
504 Howard Avenue
Rockville
Parke County
Indiana.

32695 Rev INVALID.
1936-June 29-2nd Colby M. Rohm. Ch
File No. 32,695-
David Evans
Pin Rev 1885
Act: June 29 1885
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 127
[Arrangement of 1870.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 1 st , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of David Swine, dec d , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Indiana Agency, at the rate of Twenty Seven Dollars and fifty four Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 11 th August, 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
Almon B. Passmore Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

David Evans Application of Pension Amendment

State of Indiana
Parke County SS
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, David Evans, who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot sum particular as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served that less than the periods mentioned by him, and in the following order. For 1780 in the first campaign mentioned of in my Declaration sixty days, in the capacity of a private. For 1782 in the second campaign mentioned of in my Declaration, three months in the capacity of an Indian Spy. For 1782 the third campaign mentioned of in my Declaration, sixty days, in the capacity of a private, making my whole service to the best of my knowledge eight months and eight days, and for such service I claim a pension.
David Evans
Subscribed to and subscribed this 13 th day of August 1833
Matthew Vail justice of the peace
State of Indiana 3
Parke Probate court 3 August Term 1833
Personally appeared in open court, before me the undersigned, Daniel M. Morris Probate judge in and for the county aforesaid, now in session. Samuel H. McNeill a clergyman of the county of Parke aforesaid, and hereby certify that he is well acquainted with David Evans who has subscribed and sworn to a Declaration for a pension, and of which the claim is an amendment, and that he believes him to be seventy years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion.
Samuel H. McNeill Signed August 13 th 1833 John G. Davis Clerk

State of Indiana
Parke County SS
Probate Court August Term 1833
On this 13 th day of August 1833, before the Probate Court of Parke County now in session personally appeared David Evans who being duly sworn, deposes and saith, that for an amendment to a Declaration made by me on 12 th day of February 1833, that he cannot state state any other facts or particulars than those stated by me in the Declaration aforesaid, nor can he give the names of any Colonel or other officers than those stated heretofore, and the reason why he cannot give the names of any col. is as given in his original application, that there was no col. that there was three companies, and that one David Grey acts as Major for all three, and that he cannot state any other facts or circumstances than those stated in his original application, and that his memory by his age is greatly impaired as further saith he David Evans
signed August 13 th 1833 John G. Davis Clerk
I Daniel M. Morris, judge of the Parke Probate Court do hereby certify that it appears to him that Samuel H. McMathews who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Parke and made convenient to the said David Evans, and that he is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit.
signed August 13 th 1833
Daniel M. Morris Judge
State of Indiana County of Parke ss.
I John G. Davis Clerk of the circuit Court and for the County aforesaid do certify that Matthew and English who showed the within and foregoing affidavit of David Evans appears to have been made in an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected

Commissioned and qualified and his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature. And I further Certify that the foregoing is the original amended declaration of the said David Ervin in the matter of the application for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said circuit Court at Roanoke the 19th day of August AD 1833 John S. Davis Clerk